Parisian Melon Slices

Fancy ices · Marshall, A. B. (Agnes B.) n 50075751 · 1894
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (6)
  1. Remove all the peel from the melon and cut the fruit into slices about a quarter-inch thick.
  2. Place the melon slices into a saucepan.
  3. Sprinkle over them some mixed ginger and castor sugar prepared as below.
  4. Put a paper over the saucepan and place the pan aside for about one hour.
  5. Then sprinkle the fruit well with a wineglass each of Maraschino liqueur and brandy.
  6. Dish up en couronne on a border of ginger-water ice (' Book of Ices,' page 26), and serve for a sweet for dinner or luncheon, &c.
Original Text
Parisian Melon Slices Tranches de Melon à la Parisienne Take a nice ripe melon, remove all the peel and cut the fruit into slices about a quarter-inch thick; place these into a saucepan; sprinkle over them some mixed ginger and castor sugar prepared as below, put a paper over and place the pan aside for about one hour; then sprinkle the fruit well with a wineglass each of Maraschino liqueur and brandy, dish up en couronne on a border of ginger-water ice (' Book of Ices,' page 26), and serve for a sweet for dinner or luncheon, &c.
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